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Teen involved in airboat accident has died, FWC officials confirm

A Loxahatchee teen who was involved in an airboat accident has died, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesperson confirmed.

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Updated: 12:49 PM EDT Jun 11, 2015

Teen involved in airboat accident has died, FWC officials confirm

A Loxahatchee teen who was involved in an airboat accident has died, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesperson confirmed.

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Updated: 12:49 PM EDT Jun 11, 2015

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WEBVTT A TEENAGER INVOLVED INAN AIRBOAT ACCIDENT ON LAKEOKEECHOBEE YESTERDAY HAS DIED.FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD COLBYSMITH AND HIS FATHER WERE ONBOARD THEIR AIRBOAT WHEN ITCAPZIZED IN BELLE GLADE.THE FATHER SWAM TO SHORE...ANDCALLED FOR HELP AFTER HENOTICED HIS SON DID NOTSURFACE. DIVERS FOUND HIMAT THE BOTTOM OF THE CANAL.COLBY DIED LAST NIGHT ATSAINT MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER.INVESTIGATORS SAY THE TWOWERE NOT WEARING LIFE JACKETS,AND THE TEEN WAS NOT A STRONGSWIMMER.

Teen involved in airboat accident has died, FWC officials confirm

A Loxahatchee teen who was involved in an airboat accident has died, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesperson confirmed.